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1943: TOTAL WAR: Book 9 of the Axis Alternate Series
At the end of July 1943, the World is at war.
Over a year and a half has passed since the last battles in Morocco and Korea, which pushed the Allies into the sea in abject defeat. The Germano-Soviet Axis forces reign supreme from Marrakech to Seoul and from Scandinavia to the Middle East and Central Asia. The Eurasian continent is theirs to do their bidding.
The two gigantic Axis powers have become industrial juggernauts and have worked diligently to build up their fleets, air forces, and ground forces. The Allies, helped by the American industrial giant, have done the same and thus hold fast and strong in the Japanese and the British Home Islands, with their powerful fleets and air forces. New weapons have surfaced on both sides, from super-heavy tanks to jet fighters and other marvels of engineering, and they are poised to make a major impact on the conflict.
Both Japan and the United Kingdom are under heavy attack and are facing a relentless bombing campaign for which the outcome is “will they resist or falter when the Axis forces invade”. In England, the ground troops are ready for the enemy assault, the US and Royal Navy ships patrol the Channel and the North Sea to face the newly-built German (and Soviet) ships of Plan Z and the combined Italo-German-Soviet Fleet of Admiral Otto Cilliax based in Gibraltar following the breakout the year before near Greenland. In the sea of Japan, the Imperial Navy, boosted by the U.S. Pacific Fleet, also bars the way to any Soviet amphibious force. General Zhukov, the Eastern Axis Commander-in-Chief, has devised a strategy he hopes will win Japan for Stalin.
The forced stalemate is about to be broken, with both Hitler and Stalin feeling ready to lunge at the last bastions of resistance both in Europe and Asia. When they fall, so goes liberty in all of the world except for America. On the sidelines, Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek prepares to stab the Soviets in the back, as for him, the writing is on the wall. If the Communists destroy Japan, then he and his Nationalist movement will be next. With the help of American supplies and military support from British India, a great offensive is in the works in North-eastern China, Central Asia and toward Manchuria.
In between it all are the men fighting the battles while trying to survive. 21st German Infantry Division Private Marco Peters is poised to cross the Channel as he had in 1940. British Ace Giles Hayes is dueling with German Ace Gunther Rall, but this time over London and the Channel, while Soviet-infantryman-now-paratrooper Anatoli Batasov gets ready to do the same, but toward Japan.
The fight is not yet over, but the fate of the world hangs in the balance. For the Allies, the stakes are the outcome of the war, for if they lose, only the Americas will stand in the way of total Axis world domination. For Moscow and Berlin, victory is all but assured, and there only remain the little details of storming both the Japanese Empire and the United Kingdom.
Will the Germano-Soviet hordes conquer the World?
Over a year and a half has passed since the last battles in Morocco and Korea, which pushed the Allies into the sea in abject defeat. The Germano-Soviet Axis forces reign supreme from Marrakech to Seoul and from Scandinavia to the Middle East and Central Asia. The Eurasian continent is theirs to do their bidding.
The two gigantic Axis powers have become industrial juggernauts and have worked diligently to build up their fleets, air forces, and ground forces. The Allies, helped by the American industrial giant, have done the same and thus hold fast and strong in the Japanese and the British Home Islands, with their powerful fleets and air forces. New weapons have surfaced on both sides, from super-heavy tanks to jet fighters and other marvels of engineering, and they are poised to make a major impact on the conflict.
Both Japan and the United Kingdom are under heavy attack and are facing a relentless bombing campaign for which the outcome is “will they resist or falter when the Axis forces invade”. In England, the ground troops are ready for the enemy assault, the US and Royal Navy ships patrol the Channel and the North Sea to face the newly-built German (and Soviet) ships of Plan Z and the combined Italo-German-Soviet Fleet of Admiral Otto Cilliax based in Gibraltar following the breakout the year before near Greenland. In the sea of Japan, the Imperial Navy, boosted by the U.S. Pacific Fleet, also bars the way to any Soviet amphibious force. General Zhukov, the Eastern Axis Commander-in-Chief, has devised a strategy he hopes will win Japan for Stalin.
The forced stalemate is about to be broken, with both Hitler and Stalin feeling ready to lunge at the last bastions of resistance both in Europe and Asia. When they fall, so goes liberty in all of the world except for America. On the sidelines, Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek prepares to stab the Soviets in the back, as for him, the writing is on the wall. If the Communists destroy Japan, then he and his Nationalist movement will be next. With the help of American supplies and military support from British India, a great offensive is in the works in North-eastern China, Central Asia and toward Manchuria.
In between it all are the men fighting the battles while trying to survive. 21st German Infantry Division Private Marco Peters is poised to cross the Channel as he had in 1940. British Ace Giles Hayes is dueling with German Ace Gunther Rall, but this time over London and the Channel, while Soviet-infantryman-now-paratrooper Anatoli Batasov gets ready to do the same, but toward Japan.
The fight is not yet over, but the fate of the world hangs in the balance. For the Allies, the stakes are the outcome of the war, for if they lose, only the Americas will stand in the way of total Axis world domination. For Moscow and Berlin, victory is all but assured, and there only remain the little details of storming both the Japanese Empire and the United Kingdom.
Will the Germano-Soviet hordes conquer the World?
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Published June 6, 2025
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About the author
Max Lamirande
96 books10 followersMax Lamirande is a 47 years old author from Quebec, Canada.
His first book was published in 2020 with the title Blitzkrieg Europa, setting off a successful Alternate history book series on the Second World War.
To date, Lamirande has published at quite a fast rate, with 8 books published and the 9th one coming up in December and the 10th in January 2022. He also has started a new series on the Napoleonic Era.
Lamirande majored in history back in 1998 and has been writing on and off for the last 30 years or so. Wargamer, historian, an expert on World War Two and the Napoleonic Era.
THE BLITZKRIEG ALTERNATE SERIES
BY MAX LAMIRANDE
Book 1: Blitzkrieg Europa
Book 2: Battle Europa
Book 3: Struggle Europa
Book 4: Fortress Europa
Book 5: Stalemate Europa
Book 6: Staggering Europa
Book 7: Faltering Europa
Book 8: Crumbling Europa publish date December 26th, 2021
Book 9: Falling Europa (publish date to be confirmed, approx. Mar 2022)
THE BLITZKRIEG ALTERNATE SERIES (complementary of Blitzkrieg Alternate Series)
By Max Lamirande
Book 1: Blitzkrieg Pacific, January 28th, 2022
Book 2: TBD
Book 3: TBD
THE NAPOLEONIC ALTERNATE SERIES
By Max Lamirande
Book 1: Austerlitz Alternate, December 2021
Book 2: TBD, march 2022
Book 3: TBD, July 2022
His first book was published in 2020 with the title Blitzkrieg Europa, setting off a successful Alternate history book series on the Second World War.
To date, Lamirande has published at quite a fast rate, with 8 books published and the 9th one coming up in December and the 10th in January 2022. He also has started a new series on the Napoleonic Era.
Lamirande majored in history back in 1998 and has been writing on and off for the last 30 years or so. Wargamer, historian, an expert on World War Two and the Napoleonic Era.
THE BLITZKRIEG ALTERNATE SERIES
BY MAX LAMIRANDE
Book 1: Blitzkrieg Europa
Book 2: Battle Europa
Book 3: Struggle Europa
Book 4: Fortress Europa
Book 5: Stalemate Europa
Book 6: Staggering Europa
Book 7: Faltering Europa
Book 8: Crumbling Europa publish date December 26th, 2021
Book 9: Falling Europa (publish date to be confirmed, approx. Mar 2022)
THE BLITZKRIEG ALTERNATE SERIES (complementary of Blitzkrieg Alternate Series)
By Max Lamirande
Book 1: Blitzkrieg Pacific, January 28th, 2022
Book 2: TBD
Book 3: TBD
THE NAPOLEONIC ALTERNATE SERIES
By Max Lamirande
Book 1: Austerlitz Alternate, December 2021
Book 2: TBD, march 2022
Book 3: TBD, July 2022
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